I made a simple cube, except it doesn't have a back. Or a right side. Or a left side. Or a bottom. Ok, it's not really a cube, but it has a front and top so that I can test depth! Anyways, I placed it so that the front is at position (0, 0, 0) but I can't see it, and I think it has to do with my initGL() function:

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